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SentinelOne Launches DataSet, a Revolutionary Live Enterprise Data Platform

February 16, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Company Leverages Cybersecurity Data Expertise to Help Enterprises Ingest, Store, and Understand Real Time Data at Scale – Beyond Cybersecurity Use Cases MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SentinelOne (NYSE: S), an autonomous cybersecurity platform company, today announced the launch of DataSet, SentinelOne’s data analytics solution. Building upon the acquisition of Scalyr, DataSet expands beyond cybersecurity use cases […]

Uptime Institute Launches Standardized, Comprehensive Infrastructure Risk Assessment for the Financial Sector

February 15, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Assessment designed to help FSIs identify and mitigate digital infrastructure risk and support regulatory compliance NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Uptime Institute today announced the launch of its new Standardized, Comprehensive Infrastructure Risk Assessment for Financial Sector Institutions (SCIRA-FSI). SCIRA-FSI is a breakthrough new professional services offering by the Global Digital Infrastructure Authority, Uptime Institute, that assesses critical […]

This CISA Resource Can Help Protect You From Actively Exploited Bugs

CISA has added 15 new actively exploited bugs to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities that all organizations should patch.

February 14, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been extremely active in helping both the public sector and private sector respond to cybersecurity threats, and is often one of the leading voices when new threats emerge. The agency, part of DHS, has released guides, advisories and other resources on current and historical threats, and […]

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 150: February 2022 Patch Tuesday

Dustin Childs, senior communications manager at Zero Day Initiative, joins the podcast to discuss Patch Tuesday for February 2022.

February 10, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Dustin Childs, senior communications manager at Zero Day Initiative, joins the podcast to discuss Patch Tuesday for February 2022.

ZeroFox Releases 2022 Forecast Report Anticipating Increases in Ransomware, Third-Party Compromises and Malware-as-a-Service

February 10, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

New report details expected threat activity trends and recommendations for security teams to address external threats WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ZeroFox, a leading external cybersecurity provider, today published the “2022 Threat Intelligence Forecast,” detailing expected cybercriminal behavior trends including ransomware, malware-as-a-service, vulnerabilities and exploits. Within the report, the ZeroFox Intelligence team reviews 12 months of threat actor activity […]

IronNet Announces Agreement with a Gulf Cooperation Council Country to Provide Collective Defense for Critical National Infrastructure

February 9, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

IronNet’s largest international Amazon Web Services deployment will enable real-time collaboration between public and private properties MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$IRNT–IronNet, Inc. (NYSE: IRNT) (“IronNet”), an innovative leader Transforming Cybersecurity Through Collective Defense℠, today announced the execution of a multi-year contract with a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country —which is remaining anonymous to help protect its operational […]

Cybercriminals Target Linux-based Systems With Ransomware and Cryptojacking Attacks

February 9, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

VMware report finds more than half of Cobalt Strike users are using the tool illicitly PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As the most common cloud operating system, Linux is a core part of digital infrastructure and is quickly becoming an attacker’s ticket into a multi-cloud environment. Current malware countermeasures are mostly focused on addressing Windows-based threats, leaving […]

February Patch Tuesday: No Critical Bugs, But A Handful To Prioritize

February Patch Tuesday fixes just 51 Microsoft vulnerabilities, none of which are rated as Critical. However, a few are still dangerous.

February 8, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released just 51 new patches to address vulnerabilities this month, but February’s Patch Tuesday comes with an anomaly: there are no critical-rated patches. The number of security patches is unusually low, as the company last month issued fixes for over 120 security bugs and patched 67 vulnerabilities in December. However, the most unusual […]

The Average Ransomware Payment In Q4 Was Over $322,000

Increasing law enforcement attention is forcing ransomware actors to target larger companies, pushing average ransomware payments higher.

February 8, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Ransomware payments have skyrocketed in recent months, hitting an average of over $300,000 in the last quarter of 2021, as the risks of doing business has increased for ransomware threat actors, according to a new report. Coveware, a ransomware recovery firm, reports that the average ransomware payment in the fourth quarter was $322,168, a 130% […]

SBOMs Will Become A Necessity In IT Ecosystem

New research suggests that a software bill of materials (SBOM) will become a critical piece of software supply chain security.

February 4, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

IT professionals and software developers should prepare for Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) to become a regular part of the IT ecosystem, according to new research from the Linux Foundation. The term, while already known to IT professionals, became more popular in the wake of several software supply chain security crises, including the SolarWinds compromise, […]